Polygenis gwyni

Polygenis gwyni is a flea that commonly infects the hispid cotton rat in the southern United States; it is also frequently found on other species ecologically associated with the cotton rat. Hosts recorded in South Carolina include the cotton rat as well as the Florida woodrat, cotton mouse, marsh rice rat, and brown rat.

Literature cited

Durden, L.A., Wills, W. and Clark, K.L. 1999. The fleas of South Carolina with an assessment of their vectorial importance. Journal of Vector Ecology 24:171–181.